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_Jane Ulm.an, right, lights a Chanukah menorah with her
mother and siblings in Davenport, Iowa, in 1961.
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or my husband, Larry it's
"Project Yankee Doodle,"
a circa-1960 rocket
launcher, made by Remco
Toys. For me, it's a generic plastic
pickup truck.
We're talking favorite childhood
Chanukah presents. And while
Larry also recalls a toy robot and
battalions of army men, the truck
remains the favorite — and only
— Chanukah gift embedded in my
memory.
"That's it? That's all you remem-
ber?" my mother asks.
I nod my head guiltily.
Perhaps I remember it because
of the circumstances — a hastily
purchased gift, one that I was
allowed to select myself at Doden's
Drug Store en route to my grand-
parents' house.
Perhaps I remember it because
of the context — in 1956, in
Davenport, Iowa, girls didn't play
with, let alone own, toy trucks.
Today, as the mother of four
boys and the chief family shopper,
wrapper and, often, exchanger of
almost two decades worth of
Chanukah gifts, I feel my mother's
chagrin.
And, payback being an
inevitable part of parenting, I now
feel my own.
What's your all-time favorite
Chanukah gift?" I mistakenly ask
my sons.
"I remember when I was 5 and
got stuck with the Ghostbusters
girl action figure, April O'Neal,
because all the good ones were
sold out," Zack, 20, says.
"I don't know," Jeremy, 15, says.
"I don't really like Chanukah
presents," Danny, 13, admits.
Only Gabe, 17, who will be vis-
iting his girlfriend in Boston over
winter break, responds positively
"My airplane ticket, of course," he
says.
But here's the up side. Far
greater than that little truck — and
the furry slippers, scarf and mitten
sets, books and phonograph
records that I undoubtedly
received — was another gift: a love
of Chanukah and a love of being
Jewish.
This is important to Larry and